Estimation of copolymerization kinetic parameters by maximum likelihood method

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1260-1272

  Habibi, Ali ^a,b   Vasheghani Farahani, Ebrahim ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dead end polymerization; Implicit penultimate unit effect (IPUE); Kinetics; Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE); Methacrylate

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COMPOSITION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PROBABILITY;

KINETIC PARAMETERS; LOW CONVERSION LEVEL;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

2,2 AZOISOBUTYRONITRILE; BENZENE; COPOLYMER; ISOBUTYL METHACRYLATE; LAURYL METHACRYLATE; METHACRYLIC ACID; NITRILE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

POLYMERIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENSITOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; POLYMERIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2542593899     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10109     Document Type: Article

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